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Meaning of "understorey" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERSTOREY

understorey  [ˈʌndəˌstɔːrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERSTOREY

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Understorey is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNDERSTOREY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

understorey

Understory

Understory in forestry and ecology refers to plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any extent. Plants in the understory comprise an assortment of seedlings and saplings of canopy trees together with specialist understory shrubs and herbs. Young canopy trees often persist in the understory for decades as suppressed juveniles until an opening in the forest overstory permits their growth into the canopy. In contrast understory shrubs complete their life cycles in the shade of the forest canopy. Some smaller tree species, such as dogwood and holly, rarely grow tall and generally are understory trees. Forest understories receive less intense light than plants in the canopy and such light as does penetrate is impoverished in wavelengths of light that are most effective for photosynthesis. Understory plants therefore must be shade tolerant—they must be able to photosynthesize adequately using such light as does reach their leaves. They often are able to use wavelengths that canopy plants cannot.

Definition of understorey in the English dictionary

The definition of understorey in the dictionary is a lower tier of shrubs and small trees under the main canopy of forest trees.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERSTOREY


blindstorey
ˈblaɪndˌstɔːrɪ
blindstory
ˈblaɪndˌstɔːrɪ
cacciatore
ˌkɑːtʃəˈtɔːrɪ
centaury
ˈsɛntɔːrɪ
clearstory
ˈklɪəˌstɔːrɪ
clerestory
ˈklɪəˌstɔːrɪ
glory
ˈɡlɔːrɪ
midstory
ˈmɪdˌstɔːrɪ
multistorey
ˌmʌltɪˈstɔːrɪ
overstory
ˌəʊvəˈstɔːrɪ
satori
səˈtɔːrɪ
single-storey
ˈsɪŋɡəlˌstɔːrɪ
six-storey
ˌsɪksˈstɔːrɪ
storey
ˈstɔːrɪ
story
ˈstɔːrɪ
sumotori
ˌsuːməʊˈtɔːrɪ
Tory
ˈtɔːrɪ
two-storey
ˈtuːˈstɔːrɪ
understory
ˈʌndəˌstɔːrɪ
yakitori
ˌjækɪˈtɔːrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERSTOREY

understandably
understander
understanding
understandingly
understate
understated
understatedly
understatement
understeer
understock
understood
understory
understrapper
understrapping
understrata
understratum
understrength
understudied
understudies
understudy

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERSTOREY

Aubrey
Carey
Carrey
corey
Earl Grey
Florey
Frey
Gorey
grey
Humphrey
iron grey
Jeffrey
Monterey
Monterrey
murrey
osprey
prey
silver-grey
surrey
trey

Synonyms and antonyms of understorey in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «understorey» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERSTOREY

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Translator English - Chinese

下层
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sotobosque
570 millions of speakers

English

understorey
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

understorey
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

understorey
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подрост
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

understorey
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

understorey
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sous-étage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Understorey
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unterwuchs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

understorey
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

understorey
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Understorey
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dưới tán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அன்டர்ஸ்டோரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

understorey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

understorey
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podszytu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підріст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

understorey
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

understorey
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondergroei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

understorey
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

undervegetasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of understorey

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERSTOREY»

The term «understorey» is regularly used and occupies the 90.059 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERSTOREY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «understorey» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «understorey» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about understorey

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERSTOREY»

Discover the use of understorey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to understorey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Understorey Plant Regeneration After Wildfire in the Boreal ...
The ecological patterns and processes of the boreal forest of northwestern Ontario are dominated by large-scale disturbances such as wildfire.
Alexander J.A. Zeller, 2007
2
Mangrove Ecology, Silviculture and Conservation
4.3.3 The Mangrove Understorey and the Role of Sulfides If gap specialists have not evolved in mangrove systems, it might also be pertinent to ask whether understorey specialists have evolved. As discussed earlier, seedlings and saplings of ...
P. Saenger, 2002
3
Plantation Forests and Biodiversity: Oxymoron or ...
Understorey comprised medium numbers of native and introduced shrub and tree seedlings, with medium grass cover regeneration TP4—Thinned Plantation with Lantana Understorey: stable state of L. camara dominated understorey, with  ...
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, John A. Parrotta, 2010
4
Multi - Strata Agroforestry Systems with Perennial Crops
Location Trees/Crops Reference Kiangan, Ifugao Upper canopy: Leucaena Understorey: Coffee Personal observation Upper canopy: Samanea saman Understorey: Coffee Benguet Upper canopy: Albizzia procera Understorey: Agricultural ...
5
The Becher Wetlands - A Ramsar Site: Evolution of Wetland ...
Eastern areas: Central areas: Western areas: oldest wetlands middle-aged wetlands youngest wetlands Low forest - Melaleuca Low forest - rhaphiophylla, understorey M. rhaphiophylla, Isolepis nodosa understorey I. nodosa Low forest - Low ...
Christine Semeniuk, 2007
6
Wildlife on Farms: How to Conserve Native Animals
Understorey trees and shrubs, such as wattles and tea-trees, play many key roles on farms. They provide wind protection and slow or stop the loss of leaf litter. As in the case of large trees, understorey trees and shrubs stabilise the soil and ...
‎2003
7
Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value
(e.g. variation in leaf area density) provides better predictions of light transmission (Brown and Parker 1994). Although the spatial and temporal variability in understorey light dynamic is hard to predict, there have been many recent attempts at ...
Christian Wirth, Gerd Gleixner, Martin Heimann, 2009
8
Forest Pattern and Ecological Process: A Synthesis of 25 ...
The development of the understorey, and the shrub and other layers of the vegetation, is an outcome of disturbance and post-disturbance successional processes. Analyses of the relationships between stand age and the understorey and ...
David Lindenmayer, 2009
9
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in European Forest Ecosystems: ...
of the applied tracer were incorporated in the understorey biomass. Thus, even after litterfall at the end of the growing season, more than twice as much N from through- fall deposition was bound by the understorey vegetation than was ...
Ernst-Detlef Schulze, 2000
10
The Bush: A Guide to the Vegetated Landscapes of Australia
Type of understorey In order to further narrow down the field of formation types reference is now made to the type of understorey that is found beneath the crowns or canopies of the dominant plants. The relationship between the understorey ...
Ian G. Read, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERSTOREY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term understorey is used in the context of the following news items.
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Region of the perpendicular
The first day is a 90-minute doddle, especially as we have clear skies, the tops in view and shafts of sunlight creating a fairyland in the forest understorey. «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Red pines discovered in north are the oldest in Atlantic Canada
"When you walk into a forest you see the trees, you see the understorey plants, you might see a mushroom here or there," he said. "When you start digging ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
3
Beautiful Science
Living in the understorey of the forests of the Bukit Timah and Central Catchment nature reserves, for instance, is a yellow-striped Traulia azureipennis. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
4
Undercover agents: How understorey planting helps your orchard
Understorey planting in your orchard not only provides food and habitat (sheltered spaces, decaying matter) for beneficial bugs. Some plants actually repel the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Urgent need to protect our flora heritage
They grow in the deeply shaded forest understorey from the lowlands to mountain tops and on all rock types including granite, limestone, sandstone and ... «Daily Express, May 15»
6
Kings Park to undergo controlled burns for research
Introduced veld grass shown here can dominate bushland understorey after a fire if not managed. The plume of smoke curling up from Kings Park from midday ... «WA today, May 15»
7
Live Music And Limber Legs For An LGBT Cause
The variety show will feature Michigan talent: The Understorey, Kate Peterson (of Nervous but Excited), Tyler Duncan (Ella Riot, Michelle Chamuel, s/he), Sam ... «pride source.com, Mar 15»
8
Swiss cheese plants: the logic behind the leaves with holes
Swiss cheese plants are climbers that grow in the understorey of tropical American forests and are technically hemiepiphytes. That is, they start off in the ground ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
9
New paper raises question of tropical forest carbon storage
NB, results for understorey trees are similar (not shown). Source: van der Sleen et al. (2014). So, consistent with previous research, the study finds that trees can ... «Carbon Brief, Dec 14»
10
The festival in our forests
Cocoa is naturally an understorey tree, and needs partial shade to flourish and bear well. Furthermore, the plantations tended to deplete the soil of nitrogen. «Trinidad News, Mar 14»

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